CAMPAIGN NEWS: PRESS COVERAGE
FROM: NEW YORK TIMES
Prison
Rates Among Blacks Reach a Peak, Report Finds
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By FOX BUTTERFIELD
National Desk | April 7, 2003, Monday, 765 words Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 12 , Column 6
ABSTRACT - Justice Dept report finds estimated 12 percent of black men ages 20 to 34 are in jail or prison; by comparison, 1.6 percent of white men in same age group are incarcerated; report finds number of people in United States jails and prisons exceeded 2 million for first time last year (M) An estimated 12 percent of African-American men ages 20 to 34 are in jail or prison, according to a report released yesterday by the Justice Department.
The proportion of young black men who are incarcerated has been rising in recent years, and this is the highest rate ever measured, said Allen J. Beck, the chief prison demographer for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the statistical arm of the Justice Department.
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